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Newsom’s California death-row commutation effort

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    Newsom seeks to replace every California death sentence—but most need court action

    The governor wants life without parole for all 548 condemned prisoners. But 382 cases need California Supreme Court recommendations, and completed grants remain unconfirmed.

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    Earliest sourceGovernor of California

    What we knew first

    • 548People covered by the announced proposal
    • 382People needing Supreme Court recommendations
    • 69.7%Calculated share requiring court recommendations

Who reported

Who reported

40 outlets · 71 sources

22 of 40 had reported by this moment

Who reported what

Points more than one outlet reported

Points only one outlet reported13

Only reported by Los Angeles Times — California

Only reported by NBC News

Only reported by Fox News

Only reported by Scripps News

Only reported by PBS NewsHour

Only reported by ABC News (Australia)

Only reported by Al Jazeera

Each line is the claim as we recorded it from that outlet's report. Compared as of .

Who's involved

Who's involved

People

  • Gavin Newsom40th governor of California since 2019

Organizations

  • California Governor's Officeoffice in the government of the U.S. state of California
  • Supreme Court of Californiathe highest court of the U.S. state of California

Places

  • California